Process of interior decoration



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE.

ALBION COLE, OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PROCESS OF INTERIOR DECORATION.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBION P. COLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Processes of Interior Decoration, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the art of interior decoration by the use of my improved combination of ingredients in three portions, the first being an adhesive, the second being wood pulp in combination with other ingredients, and the third an outer surface finish, and the method of their application.

The object of this invention is to provide a means for interior decoration having the object in view of utilizing the natural col orings of the various woods and barks, after the same have been reduced to pulp, in the production of ornamental designs, in such a manner that the ornamented surface will have a covering of a consistency that will stand much wear, will be practically noncracking, and being applied in plastic form will be without seams or laps. Other advantages consist of the unlimited color com binations, also the possibility of reproduction of the design.

The varying temperatures, and the needs of different degrees of adhesion and final finish, make it difiic'ult to provide standard proportions of the various ingredients for either portion. Other ingredients having like properties may be used, excepting the wood pulps, without departing from the true intent of the invention, but those I mention herein I prefer in the adaptation of the process.

My process consists of reducing the selected woods to a pulp in any usual manner, to which I add flour, petrolatum and glycerin, with sufficient moisture to give it the proper consistency for applying with a trowel. Each pulp is kept separate as each has its individual color. Having prepared the pulp, the wall or surface to be decorated is thoroughly cleansed. New plaster needs no treatment. Wood or other surfaces need treatment to remove whatever grease may be present. After cleansing the surface is treated with a coating of size consisting of flour, glue and molasses, moistened suflFL ciently to allow it to spread freely. I find this mixture to have strong permanent ad- Speciflcation of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

Application filed January 6, 1921. Serial No. 435,538.

hesive properties, and is I believe a new combination for this purpose. The wall thus prepared, the wood pulps are then applied to the wall producing the desired design, with trowels or other implements, and when finished form a thin covering which adheres perfectly to the treated surface. The third portion may then be applied whlch consists of petrolatum, glycerin, silicate of soda, and camphor, to which is sometimes added magnesia and silex, according to the degree of hardness required for the outer finished surface of portion two, while wax, and starch are sometimes added as required, for other surface finishes. This finish is, like the second portion, manipulated with a trowel.

The second or pulp portion is rolled, folded and broken, to give fine color mixtures, or can be applied to the wall in varying amounts giving landscape and other designs of great beauty.

In the various mixtures flour is used as an adhesive, petrolatum and glycerin to retard drying out; silex, silicate of soda, camphor, magnesia, for hardening; and wax and potato starch, for polishing.

For an illustration of the average quantities used in the various portions :--For the first portion I mix one pound of flour, one quarter pound of glue, three pints of molasses, and water sufficient to make four gallons. For the second portion, to fifteen pounds of wood pulp I add one pound of flour, three ounces of petrolatum, one ounce of glycerin, two ounces of silicate of soda, one ounce of camphor, and one pound of silex; Wax and starch for polishing, in the quantity sufficient to give desired results, whether or dull or bright, well known to those schooled in the art.

This process is so simple and accurate in its working, the ingredients being of common knowledge, that the operation may be performed by any ordinary mechanic, with success, in the business under which this work is classed.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The process of interior decoration consisting of the application in three portions of first, an adhesive portion consisting of flour, animal glue and molasses, and moisture to allow its free spreading; the application of the second portion consisting of wood pulps of various natural colors, mixed' with flour which are addedas required, magnesig and for adhering, petrolatum for permanency of $118K, and Wax and potato starch for polishes. 10 colors,' and glycerin to prevent excessive Intestimonywlmreof I afiix my signature 7 drying, and moisture sufficient to permit in presence of two witnesses.

application with a trowel qr-like implement; ALBION P. COLE. and the finishing of the second portion with Witnesses:

the third portion consisting, of petrolatnl n, Eumn A. SMITH,

glycerin, silicate of soda and camphor, to HARRY E. Gmronn. 

